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'BET  OF 

CELEBRITIES. 


OLIVER 
HERFORD. 


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AN  ALPHABET 
OF  CELEBRITIES 


AN  ALPHABET 
OF  CELEBRITIES 


Oliver  Herford 


BOSTON 
SMALL,  MAYNARD  &  COMPANY 

1899 


COPYRIGHT   $899  BY 
SMALL,  MAYNARD  &  COMPANY 

(INCORPORATED) 
ENTERED  AT  STATIONERS'   HALL 


THE  HE1NTZEMANN  PRESS 
BOSTON  U.S.A. 


An  Alphabet 
of  Celebrities 


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'S  Albert  Edward, 
well  meaning  but 
flighty, 

Who  invited  King  Arthur, 
the  blameless  and 
mighty, 

To  meet  Alcibiades  and 
Aphrodite* 


IS  for  Bernhardt, 
who  fails  to 
awaken 

Much  feeling  in  Bismarck, 
Barabbas,  and 
Bacon* 


IS  Columbus,  who 

tries 

to  explain 

How  to  balance  an  egg  — 
to  the  utter  disdain 

Of  Confucius,  Carlyle, 
Cleopatra,  and  Cain* 


*S  for  Diogenes, 
Darwin, 
and  Dante, 

Who  delight  in  the  dance 
Of  a  Darling 

Bacchante* 


IS  for  Edison, 

making 

believe 

He's  invented  a  clever 
contrivance  for  Eve, 

Who  complained  that  she 
never  could  laugh 
in  her  sleeve* 


IS  for  Franklin, 
who  fearfully 
shocks 

The  feelings  of  Fenelon, 
Faber,  and  Fox* 


IS  Godiva,  whose 
great  bareback 
feat  . 

She  kindly  but  firmly  de 
clines  to  repeat, 

Though  Gounod  and 
Goldsmith  implore 
and  entreat. 


IS  for  Handel, 
who  pours 
out  his  soul 

Through  the  bagpipes  to 
Howells  and  Homer, 
who  roll 

On  the  floor  in  an  ecstasy 
past  all  control* 


IS  for  Ibsen, 
reciting 
a  play 

While  Irving  and 
Ingersoll 
hasten  away. 


IS  for  Johnson, 
who  only  says 
-Pish!" 

To  Jonah,  who  tells  him 
his  tale 
of  a  fish* 


IS  the  Kaiser, 
who  kindly 
repeats 


Some  original  verses  to 
Kipling  and 
Keats* 


1 


IS  Lafontaine, 
who  finds  he's 
unable 

To  interest  Luther  and 
Liszt  in  his  fable, 

While  Loie  continues 
to  dance  on  the  table. 


IS  Macduff, 
who's  prevailed 
upon  Milton 

And  Montaigne  and 
Manon  to  each  try 


kilt 


on* 


IS  Napoleon, 
shrouded 
in  gloom, 

With  Nero,  Narcissus, 
and  Nordau,  to  whom 

He's  explaining  the 

manual  of  arms  with 
a  broom* 


IS  for  Oliver, 

casting 

aspersion 

On  Omar,  that  awfully 
dissolute  Persian, 

Though  secretly  longing 
to  join  the  diversion* 


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IS  for  Peter,  who 
hollers 
"No!  No!" 

Through  the  keyhole  to 
Paine,  Paderewski, 
and  Poe. 


IS  the  Queen, 
so  noble 
and  free  — 


For  further  particulars  look 
under 


*S  Rubenstein, 
playing  that 
old  thing  in  F 

To  Rollo  and  Rembrandt, 
who  wish 
they  were  deaf* 


Swinburne 


eking 


beautiful,  visits  the 

Where  he  chances  on 

>  and  Mr,  Sardou 


Socrates 


IS  for  Talleyrand 
toasting 
Miss  Truth, 

the  side  of  her  well, 
in  a  glass  of  vermouth, 

And  presenting  Mark 
Twain  as  the  friend 
of  his  youth* 


IS  for  Undine, 

pursuing 

Ulysses 

And  Umberto,  who  flee 
her  damp,  death- 
dealing  kisses. 


Victor 


noble 


For  further  particulars  look 
under 


Wagner 


played 


lots  for  Washing 
ton,  W  esley,  and  good  Doctor 
Watts*  His  prurient  plots 
pained  Wesley  and  Watts, 
But  Washington  said  he 


njoyed 


IS  Xantippe, 
who's  having 
her  say, 

And  frightening  the 
army  of  Xerxes 
away. 


IS  for  Young, 
the  great 
Mormon  saint, 

Who  thinks  little  Yum 
Yum  and  Yvette  so 
quaint, 

He  has  to  be  instantly 
held  in  restraint. 


IS  for  Zola, 
presenting 
La  Terre 

To  Zenobia  the  brave 
and  Zuleika  the  fair, 

Whose  blushes  they 
artfully  conceal  with 
their  hair* 


This  Alphabet  of  Celebrities 
written  &  pictured  by  Oliver 
Herford  with  a  border  &  initial 
letters  by  Bertram  Grosvenor 
Goodhue  and  end  papers  & 
cover  design  by  E.  B*  Bird  is 
printed  for  Small  Maynard  & 
Company  at  the  HeinUemann 
Press  in  Boston  U.  S.  A,  in 
the  month  of  November 
MDCCCXCIX 


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